Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Rushton was born about 1889, in Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Rushton, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Cowking, was 42. She married John William Wightman in 1917, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She died in March 1962, in Bowland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Elizabeth Rushton in household of William Rushton, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Rushton - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1889; Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Rushton in household of Harold Rushton, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
Spouse and Children
1875–1956 Male
about 1889–1962 Female
Parents and Siblings
1841–1923 Male
1848–1922 Female
Siblings (15)
1868– Female
1870–1930 Male
1871– Female
1872–1926 Male
1874–1942 Male
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World Events (8)
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
Age 12
1908
Age 19
1914
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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